“The only boys I ever saw here had glasses thick enough to be considered bullet proof and GPA's fit for Harvard.”

“When I came here as a child, he would always remove the bullets as soon as he walked in the door. I guess he considered me old enough now not to shoot myself by accident, and not depressed enough to shoot myself on purpose.”

“it was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory." p 380”

“I am too much alien and not enough monkey to fit in here.”

“I took a chance, I took a shot And you may think I’m bullet-proof, but I’m not. You took a swing, I took it hard. And down here from the ground I see who you are”

“Some make you sing and some make you scream,One makes you wish that you'd never been seen.But there's a shop on the corner that's selling papier-mache,Making bullet-proof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay.If you want it, boys, get it here, thing.- Sweet Thing”